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• Server (Score:3, Interesting)

  by pudge (1)

  Don't forget the server code, so we can play via iTunes MP3s sitting on a server without iTunes on it. :-)
  
  I've wanted to work on this, I wish I had time to help out, but we are moving in about a month and I am doing my darndest to get Mac::Glue out. It is almost ready, too! Wooo!
  
  Have you seen iTunesdl [chalmers.se]? It's a Cocoa app that shows you a library and lets you download MP3s. No docs or source.
  
  Anyway, thanks for moving forward on this, we need it. If you decide you can't release it, maybe you can launder
  • Re:Server (Score:5, Informative)

    by gnat (29)

    Todd's got his eye on the server side of things. My thought is that it should be possible to have an Apache::MP3 type module that pretends to be an iTunes server. I already checked and you can pass a port argument when you connect (my.hostname.com:3690 makes iTunes connect to port 3690).

    iTunesdl is cute. But with my code, you could mirror a remote iTunes database, write a gnutella-to-iTunes gateway (Rael suggested making gnutella look like an iTunes server), aggregate multiple iTunes servers through a
    • Re:Server (Score:2, Insightful)

      by ryaker (4207) on 2003.05.09 19:35 (#19975)

      I just want to get the playlist data so that I can manipulate it and show my library through a web browser. Present different views of my iTunes library. SO I am looking forward to your release of the perl code because I want to do this in PHP. Thanks for the efforts.

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